Past neuroscience studies found that when the central nervous system (CNS) is damaged, for instance following a stroke or spinal cord injuries, the lesions become surrounded by borders of newly ...
Summary: A developmental neurobiology breakthrough uncovered a previously unmapped molecular pathway that regulates brain ...
The human brain contains roughly 86 billion neurons, and for decades scientists have assumed that these cells are the primary ...
Why are we able to recall only some of our past experiences? A new study led by Jun Nagai at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan has an answer. Surprisingly, it turns out that the brain cells ...
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have unraveled the processes that give astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell in the brain, their special bushy shape, which is fundamental for brain ...
Researchers have discovered that astrocytes, the most abundant cells in the brain, play a direct role in the regulation of adult neuronal circuits involved in learning and memory. Researchers at ...
The brain shows regional variations in the electrical properties and gene expression profiles of astrocytes, but it has been unclear how this regional specification arises. New results show that ...
Astrocytes are star shaped cells that make up around 35% of human brain cells. They were once thought of as cells that simply supported neurons in the central nervous system (CNS). But in recent years ...
The mechanism underlying astrocyte-mediated restoration of brain tissue after an injury has now been pinpointed by a team of researchers. This could lead to new treatments that encourage regeneration ...
Long thought of as "brain glue," the star-shaped cells called astrocytes - members of a family of cells found in the central nervous system called glial that help regulate blood flow, synaptic ...
Star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes are finally getting their chance to shine. Two groups of researchers — one at MIT, the other at Harvard — have shown that astrocytes get the blood pumping to ...